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SEAT'S POEMS 



THE POETICAL WORKS 
OF 

A. T. M. SEAT. 



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Copyright, 1891, by A. T. M. SEAT. 



I'AOK 

I'HE ANGEl. VISrON 

THE NATIVITY ti 

THE CRUCIFIXION 7 

THE RESURRECTION 8 

THE ASCENSION 9 

THE DEITY 10 

THE HURRICANE 10 

LA BAHIA 11 

THE SUN 1- 

THE MOON 18 

THE STARS 13 

THE OCEAN l4 

NATURE 15 

ART 15 

MUSIC 16 

THE SEASONS i: 

SPRING K 

SUMMER ]7 

AUTUMN 18 

WINTER 19 

THE VISION OF ABRAM 20 

CREATION 21 

['HE SOUTH 23 

THE COMBA I 25 



PREFACE. 

Most of these poems have beeu pub- 
lished in the GoUad Guard, a weekly 
newspaper published 2ip Goliad, Tex- 
as, and since revised by me and put 
in their present form ; if they shall 
^ be instrumental in doin g- some ffood I 
will feel richly compensated for all 
the labor I have spent in their com- 
position. I have had them published 
as I composed them and I hope they 
will do justice to the themes upon 
which they treat. I cast them as 
bread upon the waters that the good 
they may accomplish might be seen 
after many days. This being my 
maiden effort I hope the public will 
take the poems in good part and by 
throwing over them the mantle of char- 
ity, aid them in effecting all the good 
they can in setting forth the merits of 
Christ and the nature of the Deity and 
also of the other subjects upon which 
they dwell. May they lead the reader 
up from nature to naturei's God and 
hence to the Mediator and Redeemer 
of mankind, "the only name under 
heaven, given among men, whereby 
we may be saved." 

The Author. 
Aransas Pass, Texas, June 9, 1891. 



THE ANGEL VISION. 

Once as I was gently dreaming, 

Suddenly there came a vision, 
Of angels from the golden shore ; 

Then I asked these radiant angels, 
From the bright, celestial shore, 

Whether friends on earth once severed, 
Should recognize each other there ? 

Spake the angels "Evermore." 

And the angel forms came trooping, 

Pilling all the room with brightness, 
In flowing robes of daziling whiteness. 

With golden crowns upon their foreheads. 
And palms of victory in their hands ; 

Then I asked these glorious numbers, 
If loved ones gone from earth to heaven, 

Do see the King of Glory there ? 
Spake the angels "Evermore." 

And the angel forms are hovering, 

Around the saints of God below, 
Bearing in their golden censers. 

Prayers ai incense up to God ; 
And I asked these glorious angCiS, 

Prom the bright and heavenly shore, 
If the prayers of saints were answered ? 

Spake the angels "Evermore." 

And the angels still are flitting, 

Prom the pearly gates of love, 
Bringing to the mourning seekers. 

Pardon from the courts above ; 
And I asked these message bearers, 

If tha King of Heaven would pardon. 
Pardon to the uttermost ? 

And they answered "Evermore." 



THE NATIVITY. 

i,() ! at the lowu vf Betlilehem, 

A babe is lying in a stall : 
Who is this hahe ? Wo may inquire. 

The King of kings ; ihe i.oi'd ot all. 

The shephenis ieed their liocks toy night, 
Suddenly ihe heaveni^; ahove are bright ; 

An angel band sings now to them, 
■iiehold the star of Jietldehem. 

•Unto you a child is born. 

Glory unto God toe given ; 
Peace on earth to men forlorn, 

Aud rescue toy the King of Heaven. 

Then guided toy the wondrous star, 
The shepherds leave their flocks toehind ; 

To pav their homage to the Lord, 
They forthwith start, the toatoe to hnd. 

When they have found the wondrons tooy. 
They toow themselves unto the ground ; 

Thev glorify his name with joy. 
They offer him their praise profound 

W' ise men also in the east, 

See the toright and radiant star : 
Thev follow as it leads them on. 

And Herod's court toehold afar. 

Herod receives them all with joy, 
They tell the mission on which they go : 

He tells them when they find the boy, 
To come again and let him know. 

The wise men set forth once again, 
The star still guiding on their feet ; 

They seek not the place in vain, 
Where Jesus, the Messiah, they greet. 

The wise men come unto tbe boy. 
They pay their homage at his feet ; 

Presenting him their gifts Avith joy, 
Gold, Frankincensa and Myrrh so meet, 

But being warned in a dream. 

Their several ways they forthwith take ; 
Leaving behind the star's bright gleam, 

Their homeward journey straightway make 

Then to Joseph the angel comes. 

Telling him to tiske the boy : 
Arise and into Egypt flee, 

Where no foes shall him annoy 



Herod of the wise men mocked, 
Sendcth forth his luen of war : 

To slay the infants or the land, 
Theheauty of the land to mar. 

Then Is the prophet's word fulfilled, 
Rachal weeping for her young ; 

Foa the hand of Herod willed. 
That despair from hearts be wrung. 

When Herod's end had come, 
Joseph journeyed with his own : 

But Arehelaus, Herod's son, did reign. 
As king upon his father's throne. 

So Joseph journeyed from the way, 

And into Galilee he went ; 
For he purposed there to stay, 

Till Arehelaus' reign waS spent. 

Thus the brightest star in heaven, 
Shooting downward wtth all speed : 

From its glorious orbit riven. 
Erring man aright to lead . 



THE CRUCIFIXION. 

He dies ! The Prince of Glory dies. 
His weeping followers stand around ; 

'Tis finished ! The Lord of Heaven cries, 
He bows his head, in death he's found. 

Surely the Son of God was he. 

The waiting people cry ; 
And from their lips in agony. 

It echoes far and nigh. 

Like a philosopher he lived. 

Like'a god he died ; 
The angels in the heavens grieved. 

The hearts of men were tried, 

The sun Is darkened in the sky, 
The lightnings flash ; the thunders roar 

Mount Sinai yields to Calvary, 
The Old Rigion's power is o'er. 



Nature feels the mighty shock, 
To higher power yields the rein : 

The earth, in chasms, opens wide, 
l^he dead come forth to life again, 

The temple's veil is rent in twain, ■ 
Aiid Hope springs upward to the skies 

To open up a living way; 
Unto the Father, the Allwise. 

The Jewish sacritiees slain, 

Have lost their virtue and their good ; 
Through the atonement of the Lamb, 

Begun ere earth' s foundations stood . 

That all the world his sway might own, 
Who bought it with his blood ; 

And all the nations joined in One, 
Might worship their Creator, God 



THE RESURKECTION. 

Lo ' from the tomb the Conqueror comei, 
The power of death is rent in twain ; 
An angel rolls the stone away, 
And Christ comes forth to life again, 

The Roman soldiers like dead men. 
Before tie power of God down fell ; 

The angel at the tomb remains, 
His followers of their Lord to tell. 

A woman to the tomb now rushed. 
To see what to her Lord befell ; 

The angel tells in accents hushed, , 
That He has conquered death and hell. 

He has risen from the dead, 
He lives, but not to die again ; 

He has full atonement made, . 

For the whole race of man wa« slain . 

The woman with joy, the news receives. 
And hastens His followers to tell ; 

That He has risen from the dead, 
Their Master has done all things well. 



Nor that He h;id to her Mppeared, 
While she was going in the vray ; 

Mor wondrous things sbe had heard, 
They heeded not whai she did say. 

Afterward lie to them appeared, 
Upbraiding them tor unbelief ; 

Bidding tbem to pre.ieh His word- 
In joy or so^^o^v, pain or griet 

For He would with them abide, 
As long as earth shoiild stand ; 

And when their mortal cours.e was run, 
Would take them to the Gtoryland. 

THE ASCENSION. 

lie rose upon the wings of light. 

Unto the pearly gates of heaven ; 
Above Him was the firmament, 

Beneath Him was the airy void, 
Around Him pure, ethereal light ; 

He enterted the pearly gates of heaven, 
To make atonement for us given. 

Escorted by the angel bands, 
He rose unto the gates of heaven ; 

'Lift up vour heuds the angels cry, 
•Ye doors of heaven wide open fly, 

And let ihe King of (iloryin, 
To reign forever in the siiy.' 

The heavenly gates lift up tlieir heads. 

The doors wide oi)en fly, 
The King of Glory enters in, 

To reign forever up on high : 
The angels otl'er Hiii) their praise, 

Their loud hosaunas triuphunt raise. 

They ever sing around the throne. 

'Worthy is the Lamb to reign. 
Earth and heaven now are one, 

To honor Thy great name. 
Thrice holy is the Lamb of God, 

Who alone the winepress trod.' 



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THE DEITY. 

O Thou who sitteth in majesty, 
Vpon the circle of the heavens wine : 

Before whom angels and cherubim, 
iJeueath theif wings their faces hnle. 

Before whom the worlds in order stand. 

The morning stars together sing ; 
The worlds are hurled forth from Thy hand, 

And in their snighty orbits swing. 

The light appears at Thy command. 

The darkness at Thy presence flies ; 
The systems of the worlds are made, 

A nd h\irried forth to deck the skies. 

The earth from chaos forthwith springs. 
Intent Thy slightest wish to obey ; 

The waters from the land retire, 
The sun shoots forth his glimmering ray. 

The mountains now appear in sight 
■' The cattle v.pon a thousand hills : 
Thebillows ever backward move, 
'^I'he vales send forth their pleasani rills. 

And lastlv man comes forth to view. 
Made in" Thine own image bright ; 

To produim unto the worlds, 
Thv glorv. majesty ;ind might. 



THE HURRK^ANE. 

Xo breath of air stirs in the trees, 
The bird has sought her feathery nest : 

No zephvr stirs the silent leaves, 
And sullen nature seems to rest. 

The cattle rest beneath the shade. 
The liunbkin has forgot its cry : 
The silent corn waves not its blade, 
i'he rippling hrook goes murmuring by. 

The thunders wake the silent scene. 

The fleeting clouds soon disappear : 
The lightning flashes come between. 

The ro!i vine of the storm is near. 



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The srorm-t>k.u.ia K^tiw-v iip thtu- i^tieii:,;;i) 

T'heii ill wild confusion roil : 
Like ihe billows of th*- son. 

Pfossiu^ .tuw>ir<] to tlie ^onl. 

1 o ' ihe s»oni)liinii"sery i^ heaid, 
' %s wilh his thnnderbolls or war : 
He onwanl presses to ihe churge. 
Destnictiou follows np^r .vn«l l«i'. 

arest m-os 8re shattered in his wny. 
Their branches hunied through rhe air 
« The yieldina corn is mown like dm y, 
The traok heWnd i^ bleak and bare. 

The mi'-'htv storm-king rages on. 

He never ceases yet torojun : 
rmil his work of ruin done. 

He swiftly i»peeds unto his liome. 



1:A HAHIA. 

Oil has il^e tempest spent it>> rorce. 

Around thv strong, time-honored wall . 
Amid ihy courts and ma.Honry, 
Time has let his footprints tall. 

•The sun his chariot oft V.afc wheeled. 

Above thv head his coursers driven . 
Full mauv a time the flowing river, 

Hararound thy strong foundations atnveu. 

When Texas for independence rose ; 

The buffle call went near and far, 
Striking terror into her foes ; 

Calling her champions to the Viar. 

The call of liberty thou didst hear. 

Caused Faouiu aud his braves to yearn , 
To battle for their freedom dear, 

To free the country in their turn 

rpon a seroU were these words placed, 
Emblazoned forth in letters grand : 

■BeBiembef »>nuin and his br^y^. 
Sanva Anna and his knaves. 



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As lightning sped the words so hold, 
They fell upon the theediug ear ; 

They tried the patriot-soldier's mold, 
Caused him to fight for home so dear, 

The North and South joined in the fray, 
The rattling artillery thundered nigh ; 

With gun and sword they won the day. 
And placed the fla>^ of freedom high. 

Oh ! may it ever wave on high, 
Unfurl the hanner of the brave ; 

And like an emblem in the sky, 
Yor liberty forever wave. 



THE SUN. 

O thou great ruler of the day, 
Who ridest the heavens through ; 

Time thy motions does obey, 
To regulate the hours true. 

Thou dost the Deity typify, 
Who ever reigns on high ; 
The Sun of Righteousness who did arise, 
^ With wings of healing unto the skies. 

Thou hast thy courses ever ran. 

Since first the world began ; 
When Adam came forth from God'3 han<J, 
• To be the lord of sea and land. 

When God's great fiat had gone forth, 
'Let there be light' and light there wai ; 

Thou hast thy motions ever kept, 
iSior in the movements ever slept. 

Thy beams have gone the world around, 
They in the sea and land abound ; 

They on their pleasant journeys go, 
To banish misery and woe. 

They cause the trees to put forth leaves, 
They ripen too the corn and sheaves ; 

And in their many fruitful ways, 
They manifest the Maker' « praise. 



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THE MOON. 

Thou walkest in beauty, 

As queen of the night ; 
Fulfilling thy duty, 

In gannents of light 

Thou reflectest the glory, 

Of the sun in his shining ; 
Beaming forth with his brightness, 

By increase or declining. 

The owl forsakes his hiding place, 

The bat flits toward the sky ; 
The wild beasts wander forth apace, 

To honor thee on high . 

The nightingale begins his song. 

The crickets chirp in glee ; 
The billows of the heaving sea, 

Rise up because of thee. 

Man has forsook his toil, 

The bee forgot its hum ; 
Morpheus has stretched forth his wand, 

A nd gentle slumbers sweetly come. 

Thou beamest forth o'er land amd sea, 
Where vessels sail, or forests grow ; 
Thou ridest the clouds in majesty, 
And givest light to all below. 



THE BTARS. 

O ye attendants of the night, 

That shine with borrowed lustre bright 
Twinkling forth in many a hue, 

Like the sun in drops of dew. 

Scattered through the deep blue sky, 
That spreads out like a dome on high ; 

The landscape lies in peace below, 
The cattie rest, the waters flow. 

Reflected from the water bright. 

That like a mirror lies insight ; 
Their forms are seen as beams of light. 

Refracted nt the hour of night. 



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Tliev from the;; cc.urses never str.'.y. 

^o'lne tixod. some volliiui; n> t!ie sky ; 
Vfith lislilaius sy.ee.l they v.-inid their, war. 
Aiirl in ihoir oibirs swiltly fly. 

He who r-omman.ls the heiiveiily hosts, 
\ail bi<1s them \a their eou.'ses shiue ; 

Is He of whom the Christian boasts, 
The Lord and Maimer, nil dlvme. 

He holds tlie ht-ars within llv^ hiinds, 
He calls the Pleiade::; by name ; 

lie fences Oriuii aboni with bauds. 
He is for en'lles>^ years ilie same. 



THE OCEAN. 

O ocean : i)>)iiii<Ht'ss. vast and free. 
" Fit enibleui of eleniity ; 
Ueepheavinv; billows of the sea. 
KolHng on in majesty. 

The rlve;s like arteries and veins, 
Hilo ihv bosom their waters go ; 

Swollen bv the fallen rains, 
They never make thee ovcrlion'. 

Tlion bearest commeree on thy breast, 

Unto niaiiv lands afar ; 
Thv heaviuK billows never rest, 

But move along as if to war. 

The cable has vluwed thy waters- through, 
U stretcher on from shore to shore : 

Hs messages like lightning flew, 
Thy waves move onward evermore. 

Thv v.ill>'>ws shall ever onward move, 
til t>y Oabriel it shall be told ; 

Ijv the Eternal he snail s^year, 
That lime no more shall triumph theie. 

He shall the veil of time withdraw. 

Which hides eternity from view ; 
Bv this act the nations awe, 

A lid show tliat time has vaiufched too. 



Nam re siis upon her Lhrone, 
The rippling brook sings at her feet ; 

It winds with many a sigh and moan, ' 
The flowing river's brink to greet. 

The river widens in its course, 
It travels on through wood and plain ; 

And ever widening from its source. 
It falls into the watery main. 

The surging ocean ever rolls, 
It bears great ships upon its breast , 

Its billows rise up into knolls ; 
And form a trouigh from crest to crest 

Great trees grow at the brooklet's edge. 

The birds sing in their boughs ; 
The brooklet winds through grass and sedge, 

Where shepherd rests or farmer ploughs. 

The waters dash against the rocks. 

Then part on either side ; 
Then down the mountain m adlv rush, 

And in the cavern hide. 

Flowing sometimes underground. 

Then coming into light. 
Never ends the pleasant sound, 

When day departs, or comes the night. 



ART. 

The sculptor sits with chisel in h*nd. 
Cutting out a inarble shaft ; 

His fame is known throughout the land, 
Which cooling breezes gently waft. 

A city now appears in %ight. 

The streets of stone are even paved ; 
The windows flash with many a light, 

The suburbs, by a river laved. 

A mausoleum rears its lofty head. 

Its walls by daily art are raised , 
It shall contain the royal dead, 

And be, by then of science praised. 



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A pala(^e now appears in view, 
With itB glittering dome on high : 

And its many glories shine, 
Like the rainbow in the sky. 

The garden is laid out with care, 
It is bedecked with many a flower ; 

No truant weed shall flourish there, 
But in the midst a lovely bower. 

A carriage before the palace door, 
Stands with its champing horses still 

The harness is all gilded o'er, 
And costly, bv th* owner's will. 



MUBIC. 

Music has many varied charms, 
Its sweetest notes, so full and free ; 

The turbid human passions calms. 
Like pouring oil into the sea. 

It swells into the torrent's roar, 

And sinks to silent rest , 
Then like the sound of signal belln,, 

Upon the surging ocean's breast. 

It makes the lover's heart to beat, 

And drives away all fear ; 
It is for sadnes the retreat. 

But often brings the falling tear. 

It imitates the mocking bird, 
Whose melody so sweet to hear : 

The sweetest bird-notes ever heard. 
To calm the mind, or charm the ear. 

Its notes are like the eagle's flight, 
They mount above the skylark's song ; 

A nd soaring upon wimgs so light. 
Like visions in the fancy throng. 

Its power is felt throughout the earth, 
Its sway exceeds the utmost bounds ; 

It was before Creation's birth, 
And in the Gloryland resounds . 



THE SEASONS. 



SPRING. 



Spring has come to us again, 
With all her buds and flowers : 

The vessels sailing on the main. 
Birds singing in the bowers. 

She spreads her mantle o'er the earth, 
And Winter flees as she approaches • 
• She gives the trees and grass^new birth. 
On Winter's soTereignty encroaches. 

She unbinds the ponderous iron fetters 
Made fast by Winter's icy hand : 

Then on the verdant, dewv meadowe, 
Gives flowers to the willing land . 

She walks upon the mountain high, 

She dances on the lea ; 
She dallies with the butterfly. 

And sports in festtve glee". 

She is arrayed in emerald green, 

A crown her head adorns : 
She is the season's merrv queen. 

As Winter's ijcy rule she scoru?g_. 

She mounts into the bulmv air, 

She rides upon the breeze : 
Her sovereignty she does not share 

Where'er she reigns, she strives to please. 

She brings her treasures from the deep, 

The clouds at her command ; 
From their many outlets weep. 

Rain, to refresh the land 

From the sunnv south she brings, ' 
Winds to cool the parched earth 

The birds upon their steady wings. 
Fly forth in joy and mirth. 



SUMMER. 

Summer in Spring's footsteps follows, 
She comes to ripen bud and bloom ; 

She ripens fruits in fields and hollows, 
She banishes distress and gloom. 



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She gladdens the heart of toiling man, 

She ripens too the wheat and grain ; 
Since Creation first began, 

Delicacies follow in her train 

The heat steps forth at her command, 
The cooling zephyrs gently eome ; 

rientv she spreads from land to land, 
The" doves now coo, the bees soon hum. 

Though tlowers there are few in store. 
Yet seed are scattered all around : 

Her fruits, thev go from shore to shore. 
Her treasures cumber all the ground 

Gveixt ships are ladeu with her wealth. 

They sail across the watery main ; 
Her blessings bring to all good health, 
' Her luscious fruits and golden gram 

The lieeting clouds, they own her sway. 
The rain at her command descends : 

The iovous Spring for her makes way 
By' trails for flowers she makes amends 

She comes forth with royal tread 
Like Ceres, in her robes of green ; 

With golden grain upon her head, 
A lovelier form was neveV seen. 

She seats herself upon her throne. 

Courtiers her slightest nod obey : 
Men and beasts her power own. 

And Nature yields unto her sway. 



AUTUMN. 

\utumn as Winter's herald now. 

Her mantle 'round her spread ; 
A wreath of holly decks her brow. 

Right royal is her tread. 
Her hands with luscious fruits are filled. 

She scatters them abroad, 
The hunger of the many stilled, 

Of vassal or of lord. 



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She speefis Mlong in fesr.iv? giee. 

The bracing iiif sl^e ^^^^^ - 
Bounties she sends am-oss the sea, 

Otliers by Irtnd. un wheals 

Winter is coming t>n she says. 

The fields are white w^ith gram ; 
The snn is darliu:^ forth his rays. 

The r-louds are threatening rain. 

The bees are humming near the flowers, 
That stay for Autnran'i^ gay-e ; 

The nights are lengthening the houib, 
And shortening are the days. 

l he veonian sings a festive sons , 
The milkmaid hums her hiy : 

The tea IDS are are going all day lun^, 
To gather corn and hay. 

Sparkling in the grass, the dew, 
-The skylark mounts the air ; ' 
The birds are twittering forth anew, 
i;ipe hangs the peach and peaV 

i he reaper moves his sickle tast. 

fo gather ia the grain : 
The harvest season here at lusu 
U'ervallev. hiil^ind phrni 



WlN'lVKIt. 

Winter comes with greeting cold. 

The frigid ice is in his hand . 
Replants his footst^'ps firm a.nd bold. 

Upon the sea and on the land. 

The icebergs form at his command, 

iTre snowfiakes s<'atter ou the ground 
ihe iee creates a gliitering band. 
T'he water fast in terters bouua. 

The skating season has begnn. 

Vhe merrv ones in cu-rles whirl . 
Thev have their merriment and tun, 

The jollvbov, the laughing giri. 



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Stern Winter has no fruit in store, 
To him the healing tonch is gi%'en : 

He scatters sickness from the door. 
Fever's hai]d in twain is riven. 

The frost-king coines to own his sway. 

And Sant<» I'liins his presents brings 
Joy he brings to night and day, 

The children's merry langhter ring!^. 

The little birds flv round the door. 

Thankful for the crumbs we give ; 
For the cold they care no more. 

By our bounty still they live. 

The squirrel retires into his nest. 

To feast upon his winter's store ; 
From his toil he now has rest, 

He fejirs nor cold nor hunger more. 

The redbird still chirps forth his song. 

The sparrows twitter in response ; 
Singing all the winter long, 

In their bare and leafless haunts , 



THE VISJON OF ABRAM. 



AND IT CAMK TO PASS THAT WHEN THE SUN W55T 

COWN, AMD IT WAS DARK, BEHOLD A S3tOEIN» 

FUIiNACE AND A BURNINO LAMP THAT - 

PASSED BETWEEN THOSE PIECES. 

GBN. CHAP. XV. vs. 17. 

Abram, the faithful friend of (Jod, 

Father of a people bold : 
Ancestor of Jesse's Rod, 

Blessed with mercies manifold 

Nature donned her sable robes, 
When sank the sun into the west : 

A righteous man, whom God approves, 
Abram laid him down to rest. 

No twinkling stars gleamed in the sky, 
No moon to give to brightness birth : 

Egyptian darkness leaped on high. 
A plague of Egypt filled the earth. 



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The rrioket sin^s not in his nest. 

The iree-fiog's voice could not be haarn : 
The night- had siinken into rest, 

No lowing herd, or song of bird 

Suddenly through the darkness c&mt. 

A smoking furnace from afar : 
A burning lamp upon the same. 

l;ii»e engine of a railway car. 

It passed between ihe sacriiice. 
I Which God appointed him lo maJte ; 
Swiftlv on its mission flies. 
None to molest or overtake. 

Wien the vision by had i^assed, 
God to Abraxn spake at ease : 

'Thy seed, this land, shall have at last, 
From Egypt's river to Euphrates. 

'As stars that twinkle in the sky. 

As sands upon the shore of sea. 
So will I raise thy seed on high, 

Countless, unntunbered >hall they be. 



CHKAriON. 

The Spirit of God like a dove, 
. Brooded upon the waters low ; 
Dividing the waters from above. 
From the lower ones we know. 

♦Let there be light' was the command, 

And the mandate to obey ; 
Light sprang forth upon the land, 

Turning night into the day. 

'Let the waters together near,' 

Was uttered by the voice divine ; 
'And the dry land to appear,' 
Was spoken not in tones unkind. 

Then the dry land called was earth. 
And the gathering of waters, seas : 

Bejoicing in a sudden birth. 
OriginMting God to please. 



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God said 'Let the earth bring fbrth, 
Grass, and herb yielding seed ; 

And the earth nothing loth. 
Hastened the eonaniand to heed. 

God created two great lights, 
The greater one to rule the davs ; 

The lesser one to rule the nights. 
Also the stars to yield Him praise. 

God said 'Let the waters form, 
Moving treatures that have life ; 

Then the fish began to swarn,' 
Harmony reigned instead of strif*. 

God also formed the mighty whale. 

As other tenants of the se* : 
Clothed as with a coat-uf-maij. 
Monarch of the WHters, lie. 

Lastly God created uinn. 
Formed him in His iniage bright : 
. Male and female they bc-gnn : 
Endowed with sovereignty and mlgkt. 

To multiply was the command, 
To hare dominion o'er the sea ; 

Possessors also of the land, 
tsubduers of the earth to be. 

God saw that everything was good. 
Which came from Mis creating haud ; 

Birds in the air, tree* in the wood, 
Fish in the «ea, beasts on the laud 

God rested on the seventh day. . 

From bringing forth at His command 
Bnjoining man Him to obey 
} Keeping it «acred in the land. 

Thus God created this our earth. 

And hurled it into empty space ; ■ 
The morning stars s^iug a'l its birth, 

Aanoug thewdilds ji round s place. 



THK ^OUTH. 

Oh I snuny maid of dark brown eyes. 

A houri iit tor paradise ; 

Cousin s.iillie of winsome smile, 

Whom T'ncle sism M'ith wrath andguiie. 

Would trample into the- dust, 

So to make thy name to rust : 

The clash of arms is in the air, 

Thy sons are brave to do and dare. 

Though bravely fought the southern quedu. 

Too weak and feeble is she seen, 

To cope with numbers v«stly more, 

Thau she can call from sea "or shore. 

Though overnnmLered in the tight. 

Is youth and valor in their might. 

Her golden sovereigns overpowered, . 

By crooked sixpence on them showered ; 

Yet chivalry siill holds sway, 

Over numbers wins the day' : 

OhI to them it was sucli fun. 

At the battle of Bull Hm\. 

To see the Yankiss so outdone, 

And they ihemKCIves thf victory won ; 

And ea<',h one though r of his beloved. 

And valiant as a warrior }. roved. 

The republican partv. so thtv sav, 

Fonght the South and gained the day. 

By democratic generals led. 

Republican president as head. 

>.'ot that they loved the negro, no. 

But that they loved the Union so : 

Not to set the negfo free, 

But tne Tuiou one might be. 

Bmancipaticii an after thought. 

A coup d'etat by Lincoln wrought. 

To put himself In the good graces. 

of northern hearts in northern places 

Negro dealers from the North. 

Sold their negroes to the South. 

Who by Lincolu free Mere made. 

But the owners were not paid. 

By property thus foullv taken. 

W^as confidence in theVnion shaken : 

The South would let the neijro go, 

But wished not to be (rcfited s(') 



-'Uncie Tom's Cabin vv'e are uware, 
Took in the war an active share, 
And played its little role so well, 
Many freezes its praises swell. 
The carpet-bagger comes in state. 
And to the negro does he prate, 
Of forty HCies and a mule. 
The negro a most willing tool. 
The South, the negro did befriend, 
Ere the war came to a,n end : 
He Cftred for the families lone. 
Whose loved ones to the war had gone . 
The South is grateful for their care. 
Will ever lend a willing ear. 
To every lawful enterprise, 
To help the race to knowledge rise. 
The negro much dislikes the name, 
Of nigger, which he thinks a shame ; 
That in truth, a, name so evil. 
Belongs only to the devil : 
But to those well versed in Latin, 
Niger just means black for certain, 
And by Latins of a truth. 
Black in only meant forsooth. 
When the negro becomes a churl. 
Or mon kies around a white girl. 
He invites a leaden ball. 
Which does him up. once for all. 
From social equality, 'twill be seen, 
Its advocates their children screen ; 
'Sow not together divers seed', 
To His commands we shonld tate heed, 
Who formed the earth and made it round. 
And fashioned man of dust of ground, 
Breathed in his nostrils the breath of life 
And formed the woman to be his wife . 
The curse of Noah rested upon. 
His ill deserving, erring son. 
What the word of God has said, 
Man dare not take from nor add. 
The curse of Ham still remains. 
Man cannot wash away the stains. 
Descendant of nana^ a hewer of wood. 
Drawer of waiter to his brotherhood. 



Tiae 'bioody shirt long has 'fraved, 
Many tempests leud has braved, 
But % time it is so worn, 
Soon must to its grave be boru». 
Thougb the South in the fir«9, 
Like tne phoenix bird expires. 
Yet she issues forth again, 
Bright as sunshine afttr rain. 



THE COMBAT. 



DRAMATIS PERSONAE. 

D^N CABiiOS, A Spanish Nobleman. 
t'LEETFOOT, MTndiun Chief. 

Don Ca&. Ha ! I ana at last in this savage land, 
Yet delightful ne'ertheless to stand, 
Upon the hard and pebbly beach. 
With the T^aters just in_ reach. 
And the rolling waves to beat, 
To break in spray about my feet . 
i will not haste me back to Spain, 
But with this sword I'll entertain, 
These Indian dogs, and none shall »•, 
Unharmed escape, whether it b«, 
In war or peace when I se«, 
Th» bow and arrow bent for ptey, 
Or wending slow their homeward way. 

[Don Carlos starts back. 
Whence do you come Indian dog, 
Wandering in the brush and bog, 
Shooting wild beasts as you go, 
With the arrow to the bow ? 

Flxbt. Ask the wind that sweeps the piaia, 
The buffalo that roam the same, 
And the streamlet flilled by rain, 
They will tell you whence I came. 



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Don €Aii Fpr whai purpose now com«.y.o« 

For nothing that is gooa or true 
JLEET I came to meet my country's foes 

1 o redress her griefs and woes, '' 

t o tight for liberty or death . 

Bequeathing her my Iate.st breath.;.- . 
|)0N Car. TeJl me now what will you"do, 

Pi ppf^rfi ^^^^.''k" ^''^^ spoken true. ' 
^if • l^-^ ^^^V^^ *^^^^ Spaniards in the sea 
Though in the attempt o'ercome I be 
-UON Cak. Do you know me V mydeedsin war 

Have spread my name bt)th near and far 
Fleet. Know you ? Don Carlos is your name, 
My kinsmen know you are the same, 
Would murder those who could not fight 
And gloat your thirst for blood and might, 
Your vengeance dire would you wreak. 
Upon the innocent and weak 
Don Car. Hush ! no more of your insolence 
Or you shall not go from hence. '"^'''^9^?' 
Until the last farthiug you have paid. 
By the point of this trusty bladef 
... . J Fleetfoot starts forward drawiag his 
w^i/i , ^^<^^'^' I>on Carlos waves him, back. 
Hold ! we must not come to blows. 
Who are you and who your foes ' 
yi^ET Who am I ? Need you a bribe. . 

To know the chief of the Sioux tribe. 

Who with his followers has slain. 

Many a white on hill or plain, 

As Fleetfopt by the whites I'm known ' 

My name to you is plainly shown 

^^i^uljh ^^ ■ ^^^^*^^^t' y^S' I Jiare heard 

Of your daring and contempt of such, 

H ho rushed upon you in the strife . 

Brandishing battle-axe or knife 
Fleet. Yes, my tribe has put to flight, 

Some of the cavalry of the white, 

QnKentucky,s bloody fields, 

v\ here my tribe so seldom yields 

T,o the surrounding tribes, if so •' 

It was not very long I know, 

'Til they were ready with bated breath,' 

To struggle for liberty or death. 



Don Car. But tell me now your native name' 

cir does it put your cheek to shame ? 
Fleet. What's my Indian name ? Know you, 

]S'o Spaniard could pronounce it true. 

But i) you will know my name, 

This sword will teach you now the same 
[Putting his hand on his sword, 
Don Cab. Holdup I You must so rash not be, 

No rashness gains your cause for see. 

Strong is my arm for woe or weal, 

My sword I know is true as steel. 
Fleet. Weil ! If you my name will know, 

The terror of my every foe. 

And can solve a riddle well, 

You, yourself, my name can tell. 
DoK Car. Ha ! Ha : Ha ! I know it now, 

I would not give a fig I vow. 

For any such a curious name. 

It is to you an open shame, 

And as'to all your hoasting lies, 

I only pity and despise, 

For to me it has been told, 

Indians all, are liars bold . 
Fleet. Beware ! You mock me now I feel. 

Or by this sword of tempered steel, 

I'll strike you prostrate at my feet, 

And take your scalp, a trophy meet. 
Don Car. Whose is that sword which you 
wear, 

It is Dom Pedro's I would swear, 

Presented him by the king's own hand, 

Ere he set foot on this savage land. 
]f leet. Dom Pedro's it is, you have guesead 
aright, 

I cut it with my tomahock bright. 

From his side, as with his force, 

From the battle, on his horse. 

As he was flying, with all speed. 

And nothing further did he heed, 

Than to get away in time, 

Whether with or without rhyme, 

Or reason, cared not he, 

Only a moment to be free, 

From the din of war and strife. 

Safe from tomahock or knife. 



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Leader of tliat band was he. 

That from Kentucky's field did flee, 

Hasted away both man and beast, 

Leaving the booty for our feast. 

I will keep it my foes to slay, 

And drive them from this laxiSt away. 

Or slay them if they will not go, 

Giving them ample time I know. 

Don Car. Whence came that ring, excuse my 
blunder, 
Seeing such a thing on you, I wonder. 

Fleet. I took it from a Spanish knight, 
Who was in battle slain outright. 
And as this ring is #ver round, 
I'll drive these Spaniards from this shore, 
Else they will chain us to the ground, 
Whence we can rise, no, nevermore. 

Don Car It is a seal ring I see. 
What may the engraving be V 

Fleet. It i's a chariot by horses drawn. 
Driven by charioteer urging on, 
To battle', with the eagle's "speed. 
To mingle in its carnage dread. 
And hurl more victims to the realm, 
Of death, and ever to o'erwhelm. 
All that come into the way ; 
Both to mangle and to slay. 
As the stone by this ring contained. 
So flinty shall my heart be trained. 
To all humanity be steeled. 
Nor to pity will I yield. 

Don Car. Fleetfoot let your wrath be stayed, 
And by reason be you swayed 

Flejit. Talk to me of reason keen, 
Had you seen what I have seen. 
Reason would have fled I know. 
Like the arrow from the bow ; 
What cares a lion for reason's sway, 
By poisoned arrows brought to bay. 

Don Car. What have you seen ? Tell me now. 
And from your brow may sadness fly. 
As flits the' cloud across the sky. 

Fleet. Seen'? My parents have been killed. 
And the hands o'f others filled. 



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Uy the iiluuder that'they took, 

Prom the wigwam by the brook. 

My wife mid children have been slaic, 

Aud there followed In the train. 

My brothers and sisters who perished too, 

Before my eyes, all in full view. 
Don Cab. Ah": what of that anyway, 

Are not people killed eaoh day. 

And iu war as other broils, 

'i o the victor belongs ihe spoils 

Wkat is war or other strife. 

Biitman depriving m«n of life. 
Fleet. That am I cognisant of alsQ, 

But honorable war full well you knQW, 

Does not consiEt in burning homes, 

Tiie leaping flames like evil gnomes, 

Depriving the weaker sex of all. 

Throwing over the land a pall, 

Ar of a mighty shadow cast, 

Of roaring flood or tempest blast. 

Turning the helpless ones adrift, 

To starve, or for themselves to shift. 
Do.v Cak As to that full well I know. 

Foe tries to sla;^ find conquer foe. 

The duty of eoncjuering foe is plain, 

To revenge the death of their battle slaiu, 

By f tirryins sword, and fire and tarai^d, 

Into the midst of the conquered land, 

(riving to pestilence and famine birth. 

To blot the unfriendly race from earth. 
Fleet, ^'annibnls and vvrants may think tb« 
aame, 

But I, though oaly a savage in name. 

Would ypurii it like an adder dread, 

From my breast and there instead. 

Would erect 8 standaid high. 

Mercy and truth to glorify. 
DoN«^AR. But if your followers should burn, 

liob and kill ttioir foes in turn. 

Yet without you knowing it, 

How would thut your humor tit r 
F1.18KT. Th«?in would I. it iii my power. 

When T received the Jiews, that hoiir. 

')rd*'r 'h^in b'"iu(i hwrd H>>d Uxs^t. 



w^i-p it mv aet on earth the l*st, 
S hme ttpon the nearest tree, . 

jrc« ToS"ara'&lefenovrtrue, ; ; , 

3v&-5%TtS^i^'«-. . - ,• 

in the waters, free and^gajj 

^Srwaterlto amaAirtioorto view, 

For medicine, on Us laaosiij »»■ ' 
Covered with trees and flowers wuu, 

S^Sre-ArnSlu^Sre, 

f^iy %fS,rme"„°ow°w'Sattooi plac 

^"o^S the rou»?a^ and tb* ""Oat, 



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Climbed the mountain's rugged side, 
Leaped appalling chasms wide, 
Barely with my life escaped, 
While the abyss 'neath me gaped 
Doii Car. Will you of your haunts no^ t«ll, 

In the woodland and the dell ? 
Flbbt I would go into the wood, 
In the search of game for food, 
Again my weary limbs I bade, 
To rest beneath the welcome shade, 
Of green magnolia in its pride. 
Spreading forth its braiK^hes wide : 
From sugar maple suck the juice, 
Then again would trap the moose. 
I would wa^ider in ihe dell, 
Where the cascade sparkling teJi, 
At mv feet Nature's carpet spread, 
Her sombre roof above my head, 
While birds of hue their songs did raise, 
The Great Spirit's power to praise, 
Then in ray breast, a yearning strong, 
Ilonged to join them in their song. 
DokCar. What in war do you do, 

Come ! Tell me now will you V 
Flebt Sometimes I act as a spy. 
The plans of my foes to eye. 
At others, as a chief behooves. 
Among his braves, who proudly moves. 
Don Car. Fellow ! Do you dare pretend, 

As spy your footsteps here to wend i 
Fleet. Partly for that and partly too. 
In battle array, encounter you. 
For your insolence you shall teel. 
The temper of my weapon's steel. 
DOM Car. The rub has come at last t^^ true. 
With all grace I challenge you ^ , «^ „^ 
LFleetfoot assumes an attitude of det#nce. 
Your attitude does mimic me. 
W^hich is the braver we ihall see 
Flkbt. 1 do not mimic you my lord, 
For so in war »>om Pedro stood, 
I will show vou how he fought. 
My tomahock had I brought. 
By the weapon that you hold, 



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With an air so proud and bold, 

I would plant it in your brain, 

Unless my hand be cut in twain 

[They come to blows, Ihey fight 

' awhile, the Indian stands over Don Carlos 
ready to slay him. 
Don Cab. Spare me ! Fleetfoot spare ! 

By all to you most dear, 

I'll never fight your kin, ah no ! 

But quickly back tp. Spain I'll go. 
Flbet. Everything is gone I voW. 

Nothing ho'ld I sacred now, 

By the Great Spirit I will spare. 

Arise ! Get you hence nor dare. 

To put your foot evermore, 

On this land of freedom's shore. 

[Exeunt. 





















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